PS275 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, Gender Role, Social Prescribing
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Sex differences and similarities, gender role development and sexual behaviour. The process by which children acquire not only a gender identity but also the motives, values and behaviours considered appropriate in their culture for members of their sex. Behaviour, value or motive that members of a society consider more typical or appropriate for members of one sex. Social prescription, usually directed toward females, that one should be cooperative, kind, nurturing and sensitive to the needs of others. Social prescription, usually directed towards males, that one should be dominant, independent, assertive, competitive, and goal-oriented. X= which gender outweighs the other in that particular category. Many developmentalists endorse the maccoby and jacklin"s (1974) proposition that many (perhaps most) gender role stereotypes are cultural myths that have no basis. A likely explanation for the perpetuation of myths is the fact that stereotypes are such powerful things.
